Richard Avedon portrait of Lahr in Waiting for Godot
Bert Lahr (born Irving Lahrheim, August 13, 1895-December 4, 1967) was an American actor best known for The Wizard of Oz.He was married to Mercedes Delpino and Mildred Schroeder and had two children, including The New Yorker writer John Lahr.
Lahr died in 1967 at the age of 72 from pneumonia.
Film Roles
- Flying High as Rusty
- Mr Broadway As Himself
- Henry The Ache as King Henry VIII (short)
- Merry Go Around Of 1938 as Bert Lahr
- Love And Hisses as Sugar Boles
- Josette as Barney Barnaby
- Just Around The Corner as Gus
- Zaza as Cascart
- The Wizard of Oz as 'Zeke'/The Cowardly Lion
- Sing Your Worries Away as Clarence 'Chow' Brewster
- Ship Ahoy as 'Skip' Owens
- Meet The People as The Commander
- Always Leave Them Laughing as Eddie Eagen
- Mister Universe as Joe Pulaski
- Rose Marie as Barney McCorkle
- The Second Greatest Sex as Job McClure
- The Night They Raided Minskys as Prof. Spats
Television Roles
- Musical Comedy Time as Rusty Krause (1 episode)
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as various (2 episodes)
- The Jack Benny Hour as Man on the Street (1 episode)
- The United States Steel Hour as Frank Mooner (1 episode)
- Omnibus as various (6 episodes)
- General Electric Theatre as Mr. O'Malley (1 episode)
- Startime as Tom Hopkins (1 episode)
- The Red Skelton Hour as Bert Lahr (1 episode)
